The Touch of the King
“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” Hebrews 4:15 (NKJV)
There is something powerful about being touched. It changes more than the surface. It awakens the soul. In the late 1930s, Dr. René Spitz studied orphaned babies who had every physical need met. They were fed, bathed, and clothed, but they were never held. They cried for weeks, reaching out for touch that never came. Eventually, they grew silent. They stopped reaching, they stopped responding, and many of them died—not from hunger or sickness, but from the absence of touch.
That study sent shockwaves through the medical world. It revealed that touch is not optional for human life. It is essential. If the lack of human touch can cause a body to wither, imagine what happens to your spirit when you go too long without a touch from God.
You can attend church every Sunday, sing the songs, and know every verse by heart, yet still grow numb inside. You can be fed spiritually, but if you stop reaching, if you stop crying out for His presence, something within you begins to shut down. Your prayers fade. Your worship grows quiet. And your heart grows cold.
But the good news is that you serve a God who can be touched. When you reach out to Him, He responds. He feels the weight of your pain, the depth of your weariness, the ache in your silence.
Jesus is not distant. He is the High Priest who understands every weakness and every tear.
So ask yourself: When was the last time you truly touched God? When was the last time He touched you in a way that brought tears to your eyes, not from sorrow, but from being overwhelmed by His love?
It is time to reach again. Lift your hands. Open your heart. Cry out for the touch of the King because one moment in His presence can restore what silence tried to steal.
Prayer: Lord, I don’t want to go through life without Your touch. I don’t want to grow silent or numb to Your presence. Reach into my heart again and awaken me with Your Spirit. Touch me with Your love, heal me with Your power, and revive my passion for You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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